Flere end en ud af tre af alle verdens kvinder er udsat for fysisk eller seksuel vold, og i langt de fleste tilfælde er det partneren, der står bag. Det viser en ny rapport fra WHO.
GENEVA, 20 June 2013 (WHO): More than a third of women worldwide are affected by physical or sexual violence, many at the hands of an intimate partner, according to a new United Nations report that offers guidelines to help countries respond to this global epidemic.
The report represents the first systematic study of global data on the prevalence of violence against women – both by partners and non-partners.
Some 35 per cent of all women will experience either intimate partner or non-partner violence, according to the report, which was released Thursday by the UN World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the South African Medical Research Council.
It also finds that intimate partner violence is the most common type of violence against women, affecting 30 per cent of women worldwide, according to a WHO news release.
Among its key findings on partner violence was that globally, 38 per cent of all women who were murdered were killed by their intimate partners. Also, women who have experienced partner violence are almost twice as likely to experience depression or abuse alcohol.
“This new data shows that violence against women is extremely common. We urgently need to invest in prevention to address the underlying causes of this global women’s health problem.” said Professor Charlotte Watts, from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
WHO will begin to work with countries in South-east Asia to implement the new recommendations at the end of June.
Læs hele rapporten her: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/85239/1/9789241564625_eng.pdf
